U.N. accuses Syria of using children as human shields

A U.N. report released Monday includes Syrian government forces and their allied "shabiha" militias for the first time on a list of 52
governments and armed groups that recruit, kill or sexually attack children in armed conflicts.

Meanwhile, to stop the escalating violence there, U.N. envoy Kofi Annan has asked governments with influence to "twist arms" amid few signs that
international pressure is having any measurable effect on the fighting.

In Syria, the report said, children as young as 9 years old have been victims of killing and maiming, arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and sexual
violence, and have been used as human shields

This is horrible....if it is true. Unfortunately, this could be propaganda by TPTB, put forth by the MSM to help their cause. Using children as
human shields is terrible, and I'm not sure how anybody could do that.

Well, the bbc story about all the children killed by the government recently turned out to be a pic from the IRAQ war..
and
I suppose all the people the US are killing at Pakistani weddings are hiding behind the children there too

Say, reminds one of no wmds in Iraq, Bin laden's "confession" ("I didn't do it " ) in afgahnistan, and the incubater babies in Kuwait ..nuclear
bombs in Iran....etc

Who in Syria is using Children as human shields? Surely not the Government, why would they need human shields? We have been told the Government are
the aggressors who are slaughtering peaceful, innocent civilians on a daily basis.We know this to be true thanks to the MSM and their totaly reliable
sources on the ground like good old 'Syria Danny' with his thick Londoner accent and nightly two bit stage shows for CNN.

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